Strange and Facinating Facts of WWII

[Copper]

Thought I'd add this one:

U-boat Sunk by a Toilet...

On 14 April 1945, U-1206, a late war VII C boat outfitted with one of the new deep water high pressure toilets designed to work at deeper depths, was cruising at about 200 feet 8-10 miles off the the British coast. The commander was "caught short" & decided to use the new device without the help of a trained specialist (the new toilets were rather complicated to use). Something went wrong & when the specialist came to help he must have misunderstood something and opened the wrong valve end. As a result of this mistake, seawater came rushing in & managed to get in contact with the batteries. This resulted in a large amount of chlorine gas forming. The commander had no choice but to surface immediately in order to air out the boat. They managed to surface & give the boat a good airing but as they were about to dive an enemy aircraft appeared & attacked them. This did extensive damage to the U-boat, leaving it unable to dive, & the commander was left with no choice but scuttle U-1206 after destroying his code books, etc. The crew then disembarked & were later captured.

Source: U-Boat.net Myths

Strange but true...

great story!

Theres another wierd Uboat one i read somewhere on the net.

Suposidly, one was sunk by a truck!
The boat had just attacked a cargo ship on its way to the UK, which was carrying trucks on the deck ... as the ship went boom it sent one of them hurdling through the air and it landed on the Uboat and sunk it!

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